Fact or Crap Trivia (2016)

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Monday, July 4, 2016

CRAP

J. M. Barrie gave all the copyrights for his Peter Pan books to the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity in 1929. Barrie's generosity is no fairy tale!

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

In 1939, Adolf Hitler was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.​

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Tuesday, July 5, 2016

FACT

Hitler was nominated by E. G. C. Brandt, a member of the Swedish parliament. Stalin was also nominated twice, in 1945 and 1948. No Peace Prize for the wicked!

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Nachos were invented by Nacho Anaya in 1943.​

 

[CaptainShyguy]

I smell crap

 

[Toad And Yoshi]

Seems legit... fact.

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Wednesday, July 6, 2016

FACT

Ignacio Nacho Anaya invented a new snack with the few ingredients he had available: tortillas, cheese, and pickled jalapeño peppers. The name is his creation, "Nacho's Especiales." It was the start of a beautiful friend-chip!

Thursday, July 7, 2016

The town of Monowi, Nebraska, has a population of one, a woman who is required to pay taxes to herself.​

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Thursday, July 7, 2016

FACT

Elsie Eiler, also mayor of the smallest incorporated town in America, grants herself a liquor license and serves the coldest beer in town. Of course it's the coldest; it's the only beer in town!

Friday, July 8, 2016

The web browser Firefox's logo is not a fox; it's a red panda.​

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Friday, July 8, 2016

CRAP

The logo is clearly a fox, but to make it more confusing, Firefox is a common name for the red panda. Is this more Fox News causing "panda-monium?"

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Monday, July 11, 2016

The first domain name ever registered (March 15, 1985) was aol.com.​

 

[Toad And Yoshi]

Crap.

 

[CaptainShyguy]

I can sense the crap coming out of your mouth Vip.

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Monday, July 11, 2016

CRAP

The first domain name ever created was nordu.net. The first registered domain name was symbolics.com in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 15, 1985. That's an eminent domain!

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Eating too much food reduces your ability to hear.​

 

[CaptainShyguy]

The human body is sometimes so strange that I have to say fact.

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Tuesday, July 12, 2016

FACT

Eat smaller portions, and only eat until you are full—unless you're going to be spending time with your in-laws!

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Black Ivory coffee, which sells for $600 a pound, comes from coffee beans eaten and then pooped out again by an elephant.​

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Wednesday, July 13, 2016

FACT

Too much information!

Thursday, July 14, 2016

No human being has ever left the ground from a vertical jump for more than one second unaided.​

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Thursday, July 14, 2016

FACT

Michael Jordan holds the record, which is .875 seconds; that's a slam dunk for gravity!

Friday, July 15, 2016

Cats are unable to recognize their owner's voice.​

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Friday, July 15, 2016

CRAP

Cats have evolved to pick out their owner's voice, they just never evolved enough to care!

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Monday, July 18, 2016

Minnie Mouse's full name is Wilhelmina Mouse.​

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Monday, July 18, 2016

CRAP

It is Minerva. If you got it right, go get yourself a mice-cream, if you got it wrong, don't be mouserable.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The United States Internal Revenue Service has a plan in place to begin collecting taxes 30 days after a nuclear strike.​

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Spoiler: Tuesday, July 19, 2016

FACT

Nuclear fallout shelters will not do double duty as tax shelters.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

The most common name given to a pet goldfish is Nemo.​

 

[kingboo]

Spoiler: Tuesday, July 19, 2016

FACT

Nuclear fallout shelters will not do double duty as tax shelters.

How old is this? They failed to fact check.